News from CPSC: Cannondale Recalls Bicycles With Carbon Crankset Due
to Fall Hazard
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release #07-206

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Bicycles with Carbon Cranksets
Units: About 2,900
Importer: Cannondale Bicycle Corp., of Bethel, Conn.
Hazard: The bicycleˇ¦s crankset could break, posing a fall hazard to
user.
Incidents/Injuries: Cannondale has received two reports of the
cranksets breaking resulting in one minor injury.
Description: Cranksets are the gears at the front of the bicycle
chain with pedals attached to the outer ends. The crankset spins on a
bearing and axle assembly called a bottom bracket. The recalled
cranksets are two piece carbon crankset with an integrated aluminum
bottom bracket. These cranksets were used on the following bicycle
models:
„X 2007 Road Bikes:
Synapse Carbon SL1 Compact drive
Ironman 1, Si Carbon Standard drive
System 6 Team 1 Compact drive and Standard drive
System 6 Team 3 Compact drive and Standard drive
Cyclocross SLl 1 Compact drive
„X 2007 Mountain Bikes:
Taurine 1 SL
Rush Carbon 2
„X 2007 Framesets & Cranksets:
Synapse SL Si
System 6 Team SI
Ironman 613 SL
CAAD 9 Cyclocross Si
All carbon Si road and mountain cranksets
„X 2008 Road Bikes:
System 6 Liquigas 3 Compact and Standard Drive
Sold at: Authorized Cannondale dealers nationwide from June 2006
though May 2007 for between $1,800 and $5,700 for the bicycles and
about $475 for the crankset.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Remedy: Cannondale dealers will inspect the bicycle cranksets to
determine if a free replacement is needed.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Cannondale at
(800) BIKEUSA (245-3872) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through
Friday or visit the firmˇ¦s Website at www.cannondale.com
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call
CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800)
638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join
a CPSC email subscription list, please go to
www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers can obtain this release and
recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.